To my horror, I realised I have posted in the wrong community. Have deleted this post and posted over here.

Nothing is ever as bad you imagine.

This is so true. Whenever negative things happen, I always ask myself if this would matter 5 years down the road. Interestingly more than 90% of the stuff aren't significant enough to be answered a Yes.

Your point about fear is an interesting one. Didn't think about it this way but it probably is true to some extent. Thanks for your words of wisdom!